#B34950#B34950

#B34950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.138 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B34950
RGB	rgb(179, 73, 80)
HSL	hsl(356, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(356, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 55.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.54, 43.69, 18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.54, 47.28, 22.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% 0.1307 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.138 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4228, 14.9307, 9.2890)
Luminance	0.1493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B34950 #49B3AC

analogous

#B34985 #B34950 #B37749

triadic

#B34950 #50B349 #4950B3

tetradic

#B34950 #85B349 #49B3AC #7749B3

square

#B34950 #85B349 #49B3AC #7749B3

split-complementary

#B34950 #49B377 #4985B3

monochromatic

#5C2629 #88373D #B34950 #C67379 #D89FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#B34950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B34950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B34950

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B34950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B34950	1.00	5.27	3.99	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b34950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 73, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.138 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8081',
    500: '#b34950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b34950;
$custom-light: #cf8081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b34950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.038,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54738,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B34950

secondary

#93C4C1

accent

#D2CA56

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B34950

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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